Dick Reynolds | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Richard Sylvanus Reynolds | ||
Nickname(s) | King Richard | ||
Date of birth | 20 June 1915 | ||
Date of death | 2 September 2002 | (aged 87)||
Original team(s) | Woodlands (EDFL) | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder/Small forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1933–1951 | Essendon | 320 (442) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
Victoria | 19 (19) | ||
Coaching career3 | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1939–1960 | Essendon (VFL) | 415 (275–134–6) | |
1961–1963 | West Torrens (SANFL) | 58 (37–19–2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1963. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Richard Sylvannus Reynolds (20 June 1915 – 2 September 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Reynolds is one of four footballers to have won three Brownlow Medals, with the others being Haydn Bunton Sr., Bob Skilton and Ian Stewart. Revered by Essendon supporters, he was often referred to simply as "King Richard".[1]